Politicians have called on a self-styled rebel East Riding councillor to resign.

Last month Andy Strangeway was found to have breached a code of conduct for councillors after a standards committee upheld an allegation of bullying and another relating to him making a confidential council email on child safeguarding public.

Today, a full council meeting voted to agree with the committee's recommended sanctions. They include removing Cllr Strangeway's access to confidential council reports.

He was also asked to submit a letter of apology.

In unprecedented scenes, a succession of councillors from the authority's ruling group also took the opportunity to attack Cllr Strangeway.

Councillor Andy Strangeway

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Council leader Councillor Stephen Parnaby said it was "totally unacceptable" that the Independent councillor had repeatedly made derogatory comments about council staff on social media while making a series of unfounded allegations about corruption, without any evidence to back them up.

"We should question and challenge things but as a councillor you should not be undermining this local authority, it's well-being and its staff.